Apparatus for cooling and dispensing beer



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APPARATUS FOR COOLING AND DISPENSING BEER Filed July zo, 1936 I l y .l/wmfE I ,Y #mw r IIIHH Patentes Augfsl, i931" n f y 2,091,755

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Carl H. Fleshman, Albany, N. Y. Applieanmlv July zo, 193s', serial No'.91,586 c claims.` (creas-1) This invention relates to apparatus forcooling outer walls 8 and 9 defining an intermediate and dispensingbeverages and more particularly chamber I entirelyl surrounding thecylindrical to a. device especially designed for cooling and containerand extendingthe entire height there- I dispensing beer. J of, saidchamber being adapted to receive beer or The object of the invention isto `provide an other liquid to be cooled and dispensed. apparatusrofsimple and efficient construction by Arrangedwwithin the central portionof each means `of which beer and other `beverages discylindricalcontainer 1 is a verticallydismsed pensed over a. bar or in a restaurantmay be maincooling coil I I adapted to receive a ksuitable retained atfauniform cool temperature regardless frigerant and surrounding theexterior of each of theitemperature of the supplyV of beerdeliveredcylindrical container iS a larger, COOling C011 I2 l0 under pressure tothe apparatus. also :adapted to receive a refrigerant, the large 'Afurther object of the invention is to provide coils I2 of adjacentcontainers being 4connected by a combined cooling and dispensingapparatusina branch pipe I3 immersed within the brine solu` cludingadouble wall cylindrical beer container tion between the containers, asshown. l5 having inner and outer cooling coils extending the VCommunicating with theuppel 6nd Of each C011'- 15 entire height thereofand containing `a suitable tainer 1 at spaced intervals around the top'I4 refrigerant, means being provided fory supporting thereofare'horizontally disposed intake distributthe containerwithin a brinetank or vat so` that ing pipes I5 having depending portions I6 for thecooling coils will be constantlysubmerged directing beer from a suitablesource of supply l withinthebrineisolution.` y rdownwardly..within thevchamber I0. The dis- 20 A further object is to provide the upper andtributingpipes I5 are preferably disposed at right lower ends of thecylindrical beer container with angles to each other and the'inner endsthereof intersecting distributing pipes communicating at at their pointsof intersection are connected `with spaced intervals with the Ainteriorof said cona suitable coupling I1. Fitted in the uppery end tainer andprovided at-theirpoints of intersecof each coupling i1 is a pipe I8leading to a keg 25 tion withcoupling members, one of which is conofbeer or other suitable source of supply, not nected with akegof beer orother sourcev of supply shown, the arrangement of parts being such thatand the other. with a dispensing faucet so that beer under pressure.from the supply keg will be beer under pressure from the keg will enterthe delivered through the pipes I8 tothe couplings I1 UNITED ,s'rAljEsPATENT oFFlcE top of the rcontainer inispaced downwardly diand thencethrough the intakedistributing pipes 30 rected quiescent streanis andthus be thoroughly I5 into 'the chamber I0 of the adjacent container.and uniformlycooled in said container before Disposed at the bottom ofeach beer container delivery to the dispensing faucet. 1 areintersecting outlet distributing pipes I9 A still further object of theinvention is genysimilar in construction to the intake distributing 35erallyA to improve this class of devices so as to pipes I5 and whichcommunicatewith the lower 35'.

Increase their utility, durability and eiciency. portion of the liquidreceiving chamber Ill. The In the accompanying drawing forming a partoutlet distributing pipes I9 are tted in the botof this specificationand in which similar numertom wall of each container 1 at spacedintervals als of reference indicate corresponding parts in around theperiphery thereof and the inner ends 40 y 40 all the figures of thedrawing, of said outlet distributing pipes are united by a Figure 1 is avertical sectional view, partly in coupling 20 to which is secured adepending` pipe elevation, of a combined cooling and dispensing 2|carrying a dispensing faucet 22 of any apapparatus constructed ,inaccordance with the proved construction.v present invention. t Inoperation, beer under pressure from the' VFigure 2 is a transversesectional view taken supply keg is delivered through the pipe I8 and 45on the line 2--2 of Figure 1 and looking in the distributing pipes I5vinto the chamber I0 of direction of the arrows. the adjacent container 1where the beer will The improved cooling and dispensing apparabeuniformly cooled by the inner and outer tus forming the subject-matterof the present coils II and I2 for delivery to the dispensing inventioncomprises a tank or vat 5 adapted to faucet 22. 50 contain a suitablebrine solution 6 and within It will be noted -that as the dependingpipes which is submerged one or more containers 1 I6 are arranged atspaced intervals around the adapted to receive the beer or otherbeverage to top of the container 1, the beer will be deliveredbelcooled. The containers 1 areach preferably in the form of quiescentstreams into the chamcylindrical. in shape and provided with inner andber I0 and thus prevent the warm beer from the supply keg fromdisplacing the cool beer in said chamber l and being delivered to thefaucet Without being properly cooled, which is often the case where thebeer enters the top of the container at one point only. It will,furthermore, be noted that inasmuch as the outlet distributing pipes I4communicate with the liquid chamber ID at spaced points around thebottom thereof, a constant supply of uniformly cool beer is alwaysassured for delivery to a customer.

The construction of the tank 5 and its associated parts is such that theapparatus may be readily used as part of any standard beer equipment andthe employment of cracked ice for maintaining the beer cool is entirelydispensed with.

It will, of course, be understood that the devices may be made indifferent sizes and shapes and as many beer dispensers may be mounted inthe tank or vat 'as is found desirable or necessary, but two being shownin the present instance, one for light and the other for dark beer.

From the foregoing description it isthought that the construction andoperation of the device will be readily understood by those skilled inthe art and further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a double wall liquidcontainer, cooling coils disposed adjacent the inner and outer walls ofthe container, means for supplying liquid in spaced quiescent streamswithinv the container adjacent the top thereof, distributing pipesconnected with the container adjacent the lower end thereof, and adispensing faucet connected with said distributing pipes.

2. An apparatus of the class described comprising a double wall beercontainer, cooling coils disposed adjacent the inner and outer walls ofthe container, intake distributing pipes connected with the top of thecontainer, means for supply- 45 ing beer under pressure to the intakedistributing pipes, outlet distributing pipes connected with thecontainer at the bottom thereof, and a dispensing faucet connected withand common to all of the outlet distributing pipes.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a rdouble wallcylindrical beer container, cooling coils disposed adjacent the innerand outer walls of the container, intersecting intake beer supply,intersecting outlet distributing pipes communicating with the interiorof the container at the bottom thereof, and a dispensing faucetconnected with the outlet distributing pipes.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprising a double wall beercontainer, an inner cooling coil disposed at the center of thecontainer, an outer coolingV coil surrounding said container,-intersecting intake distributing pipes having downwardly directedbranch pipes communicating with the interior of the beer container atspaced intervals around the top thereof for delivering beer in quiescentstreams within the container, a coupling connecting said intakedistributing pipes, an intake pipe connected with the coupling andleading to a source of beer supply, intersecting outlet distributingpipes connected with the interior of the beer container at spacedintervals around the bottom thereof, a coupling connecting rsaid outletdistributing pipes, and a faucet connected with the coupling.

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising a double wall beercontainer having its upperand lower ends closed and its central por.tion hollow, an inner cooling coil disposed within the hollow portion ofthe container, an outer cooling coil surrounding saidv container, meansfor supplying beer under pressure in downwardly directed quiescentstreams within the container at spaced intervals through the top of thecontainer, means for drawing oil the beer at spaced intervals throughIthe bottom of the container,

, and a dispensing device connected with the lastmentioned means.

`6. Any apparatus of `the class described comprising a tank containing abrine solution, a-p1u rality of double wall beer containers disposedwithin the tank, inner and outer cooling coils associated with eachcontainer and adapted to contain` a refrigerant, intersecting intakedistributing pipes connected with the upper end of each container andleading to a source of beer supply, intersecting outlet distributingpipes connected at spaced intervals with the bottom of each container,and a dispensing faucet associated with each container and common to theadjacent outlet distributing pipes.

CARL H. FLESHMAN.

